Roopstigo.com, the website Selena Roberts launched using funds she discovered in her deceased mother's home, according to Deadspin.

Sportswriter Selena Roberts left her job -- and a very decent salary -- with Sports Illustrated in 2011 and started her own
business due, in part, to the fact that she found more than a million dollars
in assets while cleaning her deceased mother's home, according
to Deadspin.

Roberts, a graduate of Auburn University, recently irritated her alma mater when she authored
a report on her website, Roopstigo.com, alleging that Auburn committed
multiple NCAA violations, from academic fraud to recruiting violations and
more. The story was centered around former Auburn safety Mike McNeil. Auburn pushed
back against the report, and some of the people interviewed for the story claimed
they were misquoted.

According to
Deadspin, Roberts' mother, a "thrifty" teacher and a health care analyst, left the money
in stocks, bonds, and real estate to Roberts and her brother, Shawn. Selena
Roberts found the assets in a booklet she had never seen before.

The money allowed Roberts to quit her daily sportswriting
job and start Roopstigo.com, a sports journalism website named after her golden retriever, Roops, Deadspin reports.